Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Lincecum, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Lincecum and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Lincecum

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Lincecum:
  • 31.687394, -92.392639
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Lincecum

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a parish-by-parish basis. We have selected Grant Parish as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Grant Parish
  • Since Lincecum is near La Salle Parish and also Winn Parish, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for La Salle Parish
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Winn Parish

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Lincecum

Curious and Interesting Names Near Lincecum ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Breezy Hill
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Breezy Hill is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Breezy Hill
• Farmland
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Farmland is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmland
• Georgetown
  (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Georgetown is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 319 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Georgetown <1>
• Grandstaff
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Grandstaff is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandstaff
• Grant ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
  • Grant is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grant
• Little Creek
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Little Creek is located in La Salle Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Creek
• Lutes
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Lutes is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lutes
• Mudville
  (Less than 2 miles to the north)
  • Mudville is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mudville
• Sand Spur
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Sand Spur is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sand Spur
• Zion
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Zion is located in Grant Parish
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion

How Far From Lincecum to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Lincecum to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Lincecum and extending to:

• Colfax, which is the Seat of Grant Parish, lies 21 miles [33.8 km]<2> to the west southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Lincecum to Colfax, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• Baton Rouge, which is the State Capital of Louisiana, lies 112 miles [180.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 996 miles [1,602.9 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving would take most of two days, a buggy would take 39 days and walking would take 57 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,870 miles [11,056.2 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,588 miles [12,211.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,464 miles [8,793.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'